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...University's reaction to the list was far more important--and depressing. Robin Schmidt, vice president for government and community affairs, called it a "fake" and a "cheap shot," arguing that Harvard bought one of the properties on the list at the urging of the city, that others were in areas no one else wanted, and that the University was trying to sell some parcels. Schmidt cannot deny, however, that the list pins down a phenomenon no one can ignore--Harvard's institutional expansion into surrounding parts of Cambridge...
...swore he had been kidnaped by Italian terrorists. His defense later admitted that the tale was a hoax, and the bullet wound was never explained. Nor did Sindona ever say what he had done in Europe. Prosecutors at the trial suggested he had gone abroad to try to fake documents for his defense...
...despondency to joy, is telling. This is, and must be, a comedy. Innaurato brings us as far as he dares, never allowing the desperate actions to have physical consequences. The play does not resolve its problems because many of the problems are unresolvable, and Innaurato is too honest to fake it without telling us so. The fantastic ending, which allows the protagonist to fly out of the abyss he dug himself, sends us out happy, and does not invalidate the preceding darker moments. They remain suspended--like Francis and Bunny on their respective ledges--inviting our return when the play...
Smith comes across the same way on the court. She doesn't race down the floor, she glides. She doesn't jump, jerk, fake and twist her shots in; she floats up, arches and guides the ball through the hoop...
...rather routine undercover scheme in the New York area to recover stolen securities and paintings. In return for a favorable recommendation to reduce his sentence, FBI agents persuaded Mel Weinberg, a convicted swindler, to help them get thieves to resell their loot to the FBI'S fake fences. The agents used the ruse of claiming to represent a Middle East sheik interested in purchasing the stolen goods...